LIVE AND LEARN

Registered charity 1165556 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our aim is to assist young people to advance in life through the provision of:a) Recreational and leisure time activities, which are provided in the interest of social welfareand designed to improve their quality of life.b) Support and activities designed to develop their skills, capacities and capabilities whichenable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£984k
Latest spending
£939k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted funds of £18,187, a positive position compared to the previous year's deficit of £26,851. The trustees aim to maintain reserves equivalent to three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The charity received £984,280 in donations, which enabled an expansion of services.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £18k)
“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2024)

Total income
£984k
Total spending
£939k
Cost of raising funds
£18k
Reserves (reported)
£18k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hackney · Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2024£984k£939k
31/07/2023£985k£975k
31/07/2022£813k£798k
31/07/2021£456k£470k
31/07/2020£304k£343k

Common questions

Is LIVE AND LEARN financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted funds of £18,187, a positive position compared to the previous year's deficit of £26,851. The trustees aim to maintain reserves equivalent to three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The charity received £984,280 in donations, which enabled an expansion of services. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LIVE AND LEARN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LIVE AND LEARN as a grant recipient include FRIENDS OF WIZNITZ LIMITED, CMZ LTD, FRIENDS OF WMSBG-KOLEL DAMESEK ELIEZER, MERCAZ TORAH VECHESED LIMITED, SF FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
FRIENDS OF WIZNITZ LIMITEDFY2024£335kSocial welfare
CMZ LTDFY2024£108k
FRIENDS OF WMSBG-KOLEL DAMESEK ELIEZERFY2025£105k
MERCAZ TORAH VECHESED LIMITEDFY2025£104k
SF FOUNDATIONFY2024£95k
SF FOUNDATIONFY2023£79k
TAGMARSH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023£75k
NES FOUNDATION LTDFY2022£65k
FRIENDS OF WIZNITZ LIMITEDFY2022£58kAdvancement of religion
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITEDFY2023£54k
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITEDFY2024£50k
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITEDFY2025£50kGrant to institution
NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONFY2024£40kEducation
RICHMOND TRUST FUNDFY2023£36k
STARLOW CHARITIES LIMITEDFY2025£35k
SF FOUNDATIONFY2025£35k
Satmar Torah Trust LtdFY2025£32k
MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£30kMedical
CHAIM BECHESEDFY2025£29kRelief of poverty
CMZ LTDFY2025£29k
AHAVAS SHALOM TRUSTFY2025£26k
RICHMOND TRUST FUNDFY2022£26k
KEHAL CHASIDEI WIZNITZ LIMITEDFY2024£25kRelief of poverty
CHAIM BECHESEDFY2023£21k
NES FOUNDATION LTDFY2021£21k
WOODLANDS GREEN LTDFY2024£21k
BRITEFIELD TRUSTFY2022£20kWelfare
YBP LIMITEDFY2024£20k
GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£20kAdvancement of education and relief of poverty
AHAVAS SHALOM TRUSTFY2024£19k
FOUNTAIN OF CHESSED LIMITEDFY2024£18k
NES FOUNDATION LTDFY2023£16k
TRUEMART LIMITEDFY2024£15k
FOUNTAIN OF CHESSED LIMITEDFY2022£15k
UOHC SUPERVISION LTDFY2023£15k
HOPEGROVEFY2022£15k
WISEHEIGHTS LIMITEDFY2025£15k
BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£12k
BEROSA CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£12k
GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£10k
NES FOUNDATION LTDFY2024£10k
MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£10kAdvancement of religion
STARVIEW CHARITYFY2023£10k
TIFERETH BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITEDFY2025£10k
UOHC SUPERVISION LTDFY2024£10k
TIFERETH BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITEDFY2024£10k
IGO FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£10k
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITEDFY2025£8k
SHAAREI RACHAMIM LIMITEDFY2025£8k
SHAAREI RACHAMIM LIMITEDFY2023£8k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government15/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund07/02/2019£10k?L-A-D (lad & dad) with Nature?
The National Lottery Community Fund21/07/2016£10kFather & Son

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HUDDERSFIELD TOWN FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LIVE AND LEARN£984k—0unclear—no doubt
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN FOUNDATION FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
EDUCATION FOR LIFE FY2025£231k—0below—no doubt
LIFEBEAT FY2024£166k—0within—no doubt
THE HUBB FOUNDATION FY2024£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
RAINBOW SURPRISE CIO FY2025£322k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.